The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

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An occasion like the reception Of
Confederate veterans In Boston on
Bunker Hill day. with its striking in.
terchange Of friendly feeling and pa
triotic sentiment. puts 20 shame the
paltry practices Of politicians. now
thrust upon our attention on every
hand In anticipation Of the Presidential
campaign o. next year. The Old Do
minion and the old Bay State. the two
foremost Commonwealth 81 the revo-
luton. which were also prominent and
representative States Of the tagonism
I Of our civil war. were here In perfect
accord. The soldiers Of Robert +. Lee
encampment Of Richmond. with wives.
sisters. daughters and cousins in their
company, were the honored guests Of
John A. Andrew Post of the Grand
Army. and were escorted around Bos-
ton BY other Grand Army posts and
Union veteran associations. and fed l.:
! Fancuil Hall. The platform where
1 they sat was decorated with the State
shields Of Massachusetts and Virginia
The invited guests mum bered men Of
I distinction on the battle field. in Con-
gress and in various walks Of public
and Of business life on both sides Of
the old line Of division. But there was
not word Of division uttered; not \
hostile emotion found vent 1t could
not have been the mere courtesy Of the
occasion that inspired the enthusiastic
tone Of the utterances.
Comrade Harrison Hume. Of the An
drew Post. as POSTMASTER Of the ban
quef, began singularly -impressiye
address by quoting the words Of y
virginian: THAT there is some thing
higher than the Confederate soldier
that there is some thing higher than the
Federal soldier-it is the brotherhood
Of brave men," And he declared that
now. in Fanepil Hall: New England
offers you the hand which straight
from his soldiers heart, Grant offered
Lee at Appomattox." She meant it
said the speaker; and IF there be some
with us as with you. who. having
learned nothing and forgotten moth
ing to satisfy their mad ambition
would fan anew the flames Of strife
and discord. would doubt what have
said. the boys who wore the blue.
who barred their bosoms to the storm Of
battle. will tell you that speak the
words Of truth and sobernesS He
addressed the guests as Comrades Of
the Gray" and babe them remember
when on the heights Of Fredericksburg
they beat back the hopeless assaults Of
the Union army; he reminded the
Comrades Of the Blue" Of the assault
Of Pickett At Gettysburg. to the mo-
ment when .'the limit Of human en-
durance has been reached.
and the most magnificent charge in
the annals Of war has passed into his
tory Then he said:
Comrades Of the Gray you have failed for
the all wise God OF battles had decrced that the
American Union should Dc one and indivisfble.
but you then and there wrote your names on
the page Of history - the -bravest Of the
brave" Comrades Of the Blue. II Was yirgini-
ans that made that charge Tonight those
same men extend 70 you the right hand Of fell
Iouship Comrades or the Gray. a.
stood upon one Of your hills OF blue, as an octo-
Der sun was sinking TO rest, and looked forth
upon your beautiful valley OF The Shenandoah
with JOY and emulation. exclaimed: This Is
my country" DO presume too much when
SAY that a. you stood to-day upon the green
turf OF yonder venerable summit once wet
with precious blood spilled In defense Of hui
man rights and human liberty. overlooking
this great metropolis OF New England. ?
IL ri ~{fs urIw tf-
lagos. where freedom and knowledge and NOR
ais and religion are the birthright OF all; while
noAr you were Concord and Lexington. where
she sembattled farmers STOOD" and "uherc
vas fired the shot heard round the world:" and
near you that ancient university under whose
shadow Washington. 70 whom Virginia gave
birth Of whose fame all other States are proud
70 claim share. nrst drew his sword IN com
mand Of American srmies-that you- TOE, e.
claimed: God governs in the afairB Of men,
These. these are my brethren, and thiA. OH
this. too j. my country
1t was the true voice Of the North
that spoke through the lips Of Com
rade Hume. and the South knows it.
politicians with their mad ambition"
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Nor is there any doubt in the North
IS to the true voice Of the South We
all know perfectly well that the
South has turned over new leaf. and
that it is going to stay turned There
Il not left in the whole stretch Of the
former slave States corporal's guard
Of men who do not know that the Ma
ton Is henceforth and forever above
the State; the war settled IL, and none
Of them wish it werc Otherwise. none
Of them want slavery back again, they
are all faced to the front. The speech
Of John Goode. Of Virginia, enpha-
sized and reiterated that fact. For the
very purpose Of emphasizing It he re-
called how all through the war Vir-
ginia was . battlefield. and ''almost
every house hospital" and when it
ended there was nothing left but the soil.
But. he declared. when any man sup
poses that Virginia. the mother Of
Henry. Of Jefferson. Of Mason, OF Mad
/ ison. Of Marshall. Of Washington--does
not love the Union. The is most eyre
giously mistaken" I'VE are ready to
grasp hands" he said, '.with the men
4 Of Massachusetts in starting our couu-